For the record on World Kitchen

Thursday

Sep 5, 2013 at 9:38 AM

TO THE EDITOR | I would like to set the record straight about my involvement in the Pressware expansion issue.

As a legislator representing the City of Corning, it is my responsibility to bring back to the City what affects it. I recently attended a county committee meeting where the Pressware expansion was discussed. This was an open public meeting where the press and others could attend and ask questions. In fact the minutes which are public reflect comments about the expansion project. Confidentiality was not discussed and if it had been I would never have brought it to the meeting.

As the chair of the City's Mixed Use Board I believe this was important information since we will be reviewing areas in the city that might qualify for economic incentives. It was never my intention to "announce" the expansion at this meeting and when the press asked I did not comment and instead told the reporter to call IDA or World Kitchen.

I did not knowingly breach any confidential information. I am hopeful that World Kitchen will decide to make Corning part of their expansion plans since this is a great city to do business in and I know that the city, IDA, etc. will do what they can to make that happen.